Best grease for backhoe?

[snoboy]

Whats the strongest, longest lasting grease? I have been using Amsoil Heavy Duty w/ Moly. Its OK but I was wondering if something else will keep the hoe tight for a good 8 hrs. Or am I just asking too much from any grease? /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Thanks...snoboy

 

[sneaky_pete]

No grease will hold up the weight of an implement like a BH. If you want the best grease that lubricates and doesn't break down soon, you can get synthetic grease like Mobil 1, but it is expensive. Personally, I just buy decent quality moly grease discounted by the case, and grease frequently. YMMV.

Pete

 

[gsxr1100]

since you are using a synthetic grease (heavy duty with a rating on GL1 I think). tthat is the best you can get.

 

[Dargo]

For what you are wanting, they manufacture a moly compound "EP" or extreme pressure grease. There really is a difference in greases. Some are specialized to be water proof, some for high heat, some for high pressures, some to be tacky and stick to the metal better etc. If you are looking for a quantity of any brand, let me know as I have contacts with a distributor of dozens of brands of grease. However, if you are buying less than 100 tubes or so, the shipping cost will eat up the savings I can get you. Otherwise, I can get you most any brand tubes of grease for about $1.25 per tube. Just remember that each tube weighs roughly 1 pound. That is why it is not worth it for you to just buy a case of 12, shipping eats up your savings. If you need a few thousand tubes or a couple dozen quarter barrels, I can save you a ton.

 

[gsxr1100]

The grease he is using, heavy duty, is EP rated.

 

[Dargo]

I suppose that is about as best he can do then from what I hear. This grease distributor goes on about the complex lithium moly this and that and all the other stuff. The bottom line for use on backhoe's and FEL's is to just use a quality EP. He can get me the same grease in red, blue, regular color, and even one from China that has glitter in it. Heck, I don't know why you'd want it, but one line he carries is certified as edible. I don't know about you, but I don't often suck on the end of my grease gun! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif Yeah, I know, it's probably for some conveyor systems that run food of some sort and may get into the food.
Apparently Lucas does a lot of private label and special label stuff and is one of the major suppliers. On private labels they are not required to list who actually manufacturers it, so it looks like it would be hard to know what you are really getting. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[SkyPup]

The FDA requires the use of non-toxic grease in areas where human food is prepared or human biopharmaceuticals, we use it in our GMP injectable drug manufacturing areas as required by law.

 

[Soundguy]

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Not only for areas that may come into contact with food.. but in areas that it does come into contact with food.

During college.. I worked in a large water meter factory ( ABB ) The common top plate meter ( gets used alot in colder areas as it has a space for a freeze plug in the bottom, as opposed to the bottom plate meters that didn't have that feature ).. In any case.. there was a large oring that welnt between the screwin/on plate and the baffled meter inards. This oring was in constant water contact, and was greased with a food grade chevron white lube to keep the oring from pinching/gallin/rolling during assembly.

We would get the orings in by the gross, and squeeze a few tubes of grease into the container, and grease them up, and use that as the days production run. Neat stuff.. smelled great.. like white choclate. i was almost tempted to taste it as good as it smelled.

All the rest of the production equipment in the factory used that grease as well.

Soundguy

 

[EddieWalker]

I do things a little different.

I buy the cheap grease from Sams for under a buck a tube and grease twice a day. I've used the expesive stuff at over $3 a tube and it dries out just as fast as the cheap stuff.

My big discover was a cheap air grease gun from Norther Tool. It has made a pain in the A** job into a breaze. I have an expesive lincoln air grease gun, but it's a piece of junk and gives me nothing but trouble.

Or I should say it used to. It's at the bottom of a very deep hole in an udisclosed location. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[nobull1]

I have used quite a few different grease and found none than really seem to hold up well for 8 hours.The amount ,type of work and heat of the day make a big difference in how well your grease will hold up.I find a ep2, medium viscosity base oil made with aluminum complex to be the best for my uses.The aluminum complex is water resistant which means when you try and mix it with water it won't,try that with lithium and see what happens.a/c also has good reversibility which means when it gets real hot and starts to melt that it will revert back to it's preheated stage,most greases don't have good reverseabilty.a/c also has a high melting point and high resistance to washout.I myself don't use moly because I also use this grease on some ball and needle bearings and believe moly on these is at the very least suspect.If I was only using on backhoe bushings or loader bushings only I would use added moly.The funny thing is the most expensive grease is not always the best.Just the other day we were trying to mix a few different types of grease that were in the shop with water.The top of the line synthetic shell grease mixed the easiest with water of all we tried.I know this is only one test but to me it is a important one,I don't want my grease to mix with water.